Axleless loop wheel for circular-knitting machines



' March 15 1927.

` E. sAUPE v AXLELESS LOOP WHEEL FOR CIRCULAR KNITTING MACHINES A Filed April 30. 925

Patented vMar. 15, 1927.

ERNST SAUPE, OF LIMBACH, GERMANY.

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AXLELESS LOOP WHEEL FOR CIRCULAR-KNITTING MACHINES.

Application filed April 30, 1925, Serial No.. 27,077, and in Germany May 10, 1924.

This invention relates to a loop Wheel for Vcircular knitting machines which differs from the loop wheels of known type in that it has no axle so that the pressery wheel can be observed and accurately adjusted through the loop wheel. The observation of the sinker cam is also facilitated and this sinker cam can be easily removed. As there is no axle the diameter of the loop wheel is shorter than that of the commonly used loop wheels so that a greater number of loop wheels can be arranged on the circumference of the machine. The thread distributor is rigidly connected with the loop wheels so that, after the xing screws have been unscrewed the loop wheel and the thread distributor can be removed as a whole from the machine.

In the accompanying drawings a loop wheel and thread distributorl according to the invention are shown mounted on the machine frame.

Fig. 1 is a front elevation and Fig. 2 is a side elevation in section.

On the upper machine frame 1 the thread distributor 2 known per se, actingby means of gear wheels, is removably fixed by means of screws To this distributor a hollow body t of circular cross section is fixed which carries a. cam crown 5 serving as vcarrier for the ack sinkers 6. The sinker cam 7 is fixed on the outer side, extends into the hollow body in which the sinkers are located and presses upon the sinkers 6 which are inserted between the neeedles 8 (Fig. 2'). The sinkers 6 are larranged in an annular casing 9 which has on its outer surface a toothed crown 10 meshing with a pinion 11. This pinion 11 is rotated, in a manner known per se, by gear wheels 12, 13 so thaty it rotates the annular casing 10 with the sinkers, e. g. the loop wheel. The presser wheel 15 is fixed on a bolt 14 and the eccentric ring 16 which operates the rods 17 are situated behind the central aperture of the annular casing 9 so that all the elements which co-operate to form the loops are easy to observe and can be accurately adjusted. It is therefore easy to detect and correct any faults in the knitting. The eccentric ring 16 is fixed at its upper edge to the machine frame and the rods 17 stand in this eccentric ring and between the needles so that, if certain rods are pressed in outward direction by corresponding points of the eccentric ring 16, they push thefinished loops oft the needles. These elements are commonly used in circular knitting machines.

A loop wheel for circular knitting machines comprising in combination an an nular casing in which the front ends of the sinkers are located, means for vrotating said annular casing, a thread distributor removably fixed onr the machine frame above said annular casing, a hollow body iXed to said thread distributor, a cam crown in said hollow body said cam crown carrying the sinkers, and a sinker cam fixed on the outer side of said hollow body and extending through said annular casing to press upon the sinkers.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

ERNST SAUPE. 

